Abralia (Abralia) steindachneri Weindl 1912

Abralia steindachneri Weindl, 1912

ORIGINAL REFERENCE.—Abralia steindachneri Weindl, 1912:271.

DEPOSITION OF TYPES.—Holotype: NMW 55.887, female, 49 mm ML, POLA, Shadwan, Red Sea, 19 Feb 1896, condition unknown.

Paratypes: NMW, 3 females, 48 mm ML, 53 mm ML, 57 mm ML, same lot as holotype, condition unknown. Measurements of type series made by G. Voss.

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION.—Red Sea (Adam, 1942, 1955, 1959, 1973); Seychelles (Adam, 1973); Gulf of Aden, Indian Ocean (Nesis and Nikitina, 1987).

COMMENTS.—This species was redescribed and was illustrated by Nesis and Nikitina (1987). Their remarks indicate that this is a mesopelagic-boundary species.

Abralia steindachneri is a species of enoploteuthid cephalopod found in Indo-Pacific waters, from east Africa to the Ryukyu Islands of Japan and northern Australia.